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Seattle drafts new cable TV rules in CenturyLink's favor [telecom]

by Brier Dudley Once again, the city of Seattle (Washington) is letting CenturyLink decide how and where digital servic...

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In Case You Missed It, Your Verizon Data Plan May Be Cheaper [telecom]

By Jamal Carnette Last Thursday, Verizon pushed back against other wireless providers in what's quickly becoming a pric...

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Net Neutrality Saga: What Will AT&T Inc. And Verizon Do Next? [telecom]

By: MISCHKA EVANS It looks like the FCC has no intention of backing down from its Title II approach, which is being con...

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History--Bell "Farm Interphone" [telecom]

I came across a 50 y/o article describing the Bell System's "Farm Interphone". Would anyone have had any exposure to it...

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Centurylink allegedly blocking Livefyre [telecom]

by Julio Ojeda-Zapata Some Internet users in recent days were unable to access commenting on certain sites, including t...

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Lawmakers push feds to investigate Verizon's use of 'supercookies' [telecom]

Concerned about privacy, three Democrats in the US Senate are asking the FCC and FTC to investigate Verizon's use of "s...

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Verizon customers: crooks ordering phones, shipping them out of state [telecom]

Verizon: Customers may be victims of 'phishing' by Marshall Zelinger DENVER - A Verizon customer said she received a bi...

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Recommendations for VoIP provider over Google Fiber? [telecom]

My town (Cary, NC) was among those recently selected by Google as part of their expansion of Google Fiber to four new m...

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FCC Title II proposal influenced Verizon's wireline asset sale [telecom]

Verizon's McAdam: FCC Title II proposal influenced $10.5B wireline asset sale to Frontier By Sean Buckley, FierceTeleco...

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The World's Email Encryption Software Relies on One Guy Who is Going Broke [telecom]

by Julia Angwin Werner Koch's code powers the email encryption programs around the world. If only somebody would pay hi...

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CenturyLink works to prevent another 911 outage [telecom]

by Andy Porter Work is underway to prevent a repeat of a 911 blackout last month that affected Walla Walla (Washington)...

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Do you like Net Neutrality? Thank Verizon [telecom]

by Haley Sweetland Edwards To the millions of Americans who wrote passionate letters to the Federal Communications Comm...

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Verizon to sell wireline operations, towers worth $15.6 billion [telecom]

BY MALATHI NAYAK AND LIANA B. BAKER (Reuters) - Verizon Communications (VZ.N) said it would sell wireline assets to Fro...

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Quality ratings of cell phone handsets? [telecom]

Many calls I receive nowadays originate from cell phones. The voice quality varies tremendously--some calls sound nearl...

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FCC's Wheeler aims to update Title II for new net neutrality rules [telecom]

By Sean Buckley, FierceTelecom, February 4, 2015 FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler revealed that his proposed new net neutrality...

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